Confessions of an Oracle Database Junkie - Arup Nanda
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Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Exadata Article as NYOUG's Article of the Year 2012

The Editors of New York Oracle User
Group (NYOUG) publication - TechJournal - chose my article Exadata
Demystified as the Article of the Year. Here is the
snippet from the Editorial:

And the Award Goes To …

The Editor’s Choice Award for 2013 (for papers
written and/or presented in 2012) is awarded to Arup Nanda,
author of the paper, Exadata Demystified, published in the
current issue of the NYOUG Tech Journal. Arup presented
this topic at the December 2012 NYOUG User Group meeting.
A long-time DBA (17 years, so far), Arup is a consummate
database professional, two-time recipient of Oracle Magazine’s
annual excellence awards (DBA of the year, 2003, and
Technologist of the Year, 2012), prolific author (coauthor of 4
books and author of more than 300 articles), and a tireless
mentor. Arup consistently delivers well-researched and
engaging papers and presentations, and is a marvelous educator.
His attention to detail and clear expository style
help to make each one of his articles an informative read and
his presentations an enjoyable educational experience. If
Arup’s Exadata paper had not been chosen for the Editor’s Choice
award, his paper, Partitioning: What, When, Why and How, (also
published in the current issue) would have taken its place.
Whether you agree with my choice of which of his papers is
actually more useful for your (or general) purposes, I think you
will agree that both are well worth a read, and a re-read, and a
forwarding-on. It is a pleasure to have Arup Nanda associated
with the NYOUG.Thank you, per usual, for all of your huge
contributions to the Oracle community.

Thank you, Melanie
Caffrey - the Editor of TechJournal. I am humbled and without
words. Your recognition of my work is very much appreciated.

If you are not a member of NYOUG, would you like to read the paper?
Well, Melanie (and NYOUG) has graciously provided the permission for
me to reproduce this article on my blog. Here it is. Please feel to
download
and read. As always, I would very much like to know what you
thought.

While on that topic, you may also want to check out my four article
series on Exadata Command Reference on
Oracle Technology Network. It describes various tools, utilities and
commands to become an expert Database Machine Administrator (DMA) of
Exadata.